Real-time quantification of fatty acid uptake using a novel fluorescence assay

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 597-602

  Liao, Jinfang ^a   Sportsman, Richard ^a   Harris, Jeff ^a   Stahl, Andreas ^b,c  

^a MOLECULAR DEVICES CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatty acid uptake assay; Long chain fatty acids; Quencher dyes

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CELL SURVIVAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TIME;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; FATTY ACIDS; MICE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24144441290     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.D400023-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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